Just Ask. None of my (suburban, American, well-fed and cared for) grandchildren has ever told me, "I want a rubber band this Christmas." Nor "I asked Santa for a bowl of oatmeal." Nor "I wish for a tube of toothpaste." No. They dream big: They ask for new bicycles...
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I should probably confess that prayer is one of the most difficult of all the means of connecting with God. In fact, right now I prefer to sit in silence than squeeze out a prayer. Wait. Maybe those are one and the same. Maybe. I wrote this in my journal recently:...
[video] defining thankfulness
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa9VS13khLo&w=590] [serialposts]What does it mean to be thankful? What does thankfulness look like? How does an attitude of thankfulness impact our actions and our lives? This short video from IgniterMedia.com attempts to...
complacency and counting your blessings [the heart of thanksliving]
[serialposts]OK, so yesterday I started off by saying that one of the keys to...
contentment [the heart of thanksliving]
[serialposts]I started off yesterday asking some pretty serious questions of...
the heart of thanksliving
[serialposts]With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it got me wondering if...
joy vs. happiness
Verses like these use to trouble me: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers,...
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